I mean, it might be able to, as could a junior software engineer. That's besides the point.
It's rare that just reading the code will actually capture the spirit of what it means, that you could skip the step of asking the folks who wrote it why things are the way they are or the step of experimenting with it yourself to get a feel for it.
Or in other words, it doesn't really matter who reads the code. You still don't get to skip the knowledge building.
It's rare that just reading the code will actually capture the spirit of what it means, that you could skip the step of asking the folks who wrote it why things are the way they are or the step of experimenting with it yourself to get a feel for it.
Or in other words, it doesn't really matter who reads the code. You still don't get to skip the knowledge building.